Category Archives: sewing

After last night’s craftastic failure, I felt the need, the need for speed. No, I felt the need to have a successful project. My first attempt at embellishing a sweater turned out well, so I focused my attention on a project that I had started but never finished. Ironically, it also involved cutting up a neglected t-shirt. …

I finally finished a project that’s been in the works for a while. It was one of those things that I’d pull out and work on a little and then get stumped and put it away. Then I’d have an idea and work on it a little more…and then put it away again. Last December/January …

If you ever watch Project Runway, you’ll hear that quote a lot, “You know, sometimes I question his/her taste level.” Usually it’s coming from Nina Garcia, who, judging by what she wears on the show, has a fairly classic/timeless sense of style, never anything too outrageous. In my house, it applies mostly to my almost-7 (going-on-15-who-thinks-she’s-23) …

Not wanting my son to feel left out, I whipped up a quick pair of pajama pants. Just in time for spring training this week, I picked up some baseball-themed fabric. C is a big baseball fan and he loves his Cincinnati Reds. He can tell you every player’s number, even the bullpen catcher (Mike …

In the last couple of weeks I’ve finished two dresses for S. The first was Simplicity 1949, a Project Runway pattern. The dress had various options for yokes and sleeves and trims. She chose a red cotton fabric with little black paw prints all over. There wasn’t quite as much fabric on the bolt as the …

There’s this sweater I’ve had for years. Years. It’s my favorite. It was my favorite. I’ve had it since college and I used to wear it all the time. It’s a linen/cotton cableknit fisherman-type sweater and I always wore it with a denim shirt. It was one of my go-to outfits. I haven’t worn it …

Remember when our parents didn’t need remote controls because they had us to change the channels for them? Well, as I was working on one of S’s dresses today, and I had to pick out the topstitching I was doing because the bobbin ran out in the middle of the front of the dress, I …

My first finished garment of 2012!! The pattern: McCall’s 6034, pullover tunic w/ various details. I made View B, with a cowl-ish neck and bottom band. The fabric: Green/brown/white wavy stripe knit. The verdict: I like the pattern very much. It came together very quickly and easily. Because of the way it is put together, …

I went to the fabric store yesterday in search of a particular fabric, and only that fabric. I didn’t find what I was looking for, but I still mangaged to leave with four new patterns (big 99¢ sale!) and four new cuts of fabric. S was with me, and two of the patterns and two …